SPEARFISH, S.D. -- The Chadron State College volleyball defeated the Black Hills State Yellowjackets in three straight sets Friday night in Spearfish, South Dakota, 25-17, 25-21, 25-6.
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CSC improves to 14-10 overall and 7-5 in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play with the victory.
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Black Hills State started set one with a 4-0 lead but the Eagles quickly tied the set at six. CSC scored the next three points and never trailed in the set again.
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The Eagles never trailed in set two, which was the closest set of the match. The Yellow Jackets scored two straight points to lower their deficit to 23-21, but kills by
Bella Adams and
Rylee Greiman gave CSC the set victory.
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The largest margin of victory this season for Chadron State occurred during set three, when they won the match 25-6.
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As a team, the Eagles had a .255 hitting percentage.
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Offensively,
Lexi Hurtado, a graduate student from Aurora, Colorado, led CSC at the net with 10 kills while hitting .296.
Mayson Fago, a senior from Evans, Colorado and Adams, a sophomore from Pueblo, Colorado, each added seven. Adams hit .500 while Fago hit .350.
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Rylee Ward, a sophomore from La Grange, Wyoming and
Kendyl Kirkwood, a junior from Fleming, Colorado had 16 and 11 assists, respectively.
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Ward and Kirkwood both joined
Alondra Hernandez with double-digit digs. Hernandez, a junior from Provo, Utah, and Ward both had 13 while Kirkwood added 10.
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Five different Eagles recorded blocks and each of them had at least two. Adams led the group with five blocks,
Aiyana Fujiyama, a junior from Wahiawa, Hawaii, had four, Fago added three and Hurtado and Kirkwood both had two.
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The Eagles play in Rapid City tomorrow against South Dakota Mines at 6 p.m.
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